AEMO publishes forecast LOR2 for NSW for Monday afternoon/evening 6th January 2025
Following AEMO's MN122697 (published at 06:51 NEM time), we take a look at the 'forecast LOR2' condition for NSW on Monday 6th January 2025.
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Paul was one of the founders of Global-Roam in February 2000. He is currently the CEO of the company and the principal author of WattClarity. Writing for WattClarity has become a natural extension of his work in understanding the electricity market, enabling him to lead the team in developing better software for clients.
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Victoria sees new ‘lowest ever*’ point for ‘Market Demand’ (and Actual MSL1) on Wednesday 1st January 2025
On Wednesday 1st January 2025 (New Year's Day), Victoria saw both a new 'lowest ever*' point for 'Market Demand' and Actual MSL1.
Tuesday 31st December 2024 – New Year’s Eve
A very short summary of New Years Eve 2024 ... with more to come in subsequent articles (time permitting)
AER released its ‘Wholesale Electricity Market Performance Report 2024’
Adding one more to the ‘Xmas Reading List*’ was the AER in publishing its ‘Wholesale Electricity Market Performance Report 2024’ on Friday 20th December 2024.
AEMC Final Determination in ‘Integrating price-responsive resources into the NEM’
Another for your Xmas Reading List? This one from the AEMC, in publishing its Final Determination last Thursday 19th December 2024 for the ‘Integrating price-responsive resources into the...
Where are those Semi-Scheduled Wind Farms in Victoria that were reviewed w.r.t. Monday 16th December 2024
To assist readers in our ongoing review of possible high-temperature (or other) effects on Wind Farm output in Victoria on Monday 16th December 2024, here’s a map we’ve...
AEMO publishes ‘Local Temperature Alert’ for Wed 25th Dec and Thu 26th Dec 2024
A short note to record AEMO MN122436 noting Local Temperature Alerts for SA, VIC on Wed 25th and Thu 26th December 2024
Final Report from the Select Committee on Energy Planning and Regulation in Australia
On Friday 20th December 2024 we saw the release of the Final Report from the Select Committee on Energy Planning and Regulation in Australia, which has been run...
AEMO publishes ‘Statement of Need’ for MSL Transitional Services
AEMO has, on Monday 23rd December 2024 published this Statement of Need for MSL Transitional Services.
Low ‘Market Demand’ … and Actual MSL1 … in Victoria on Sunday 22nd December 2024
A short article to record the incidence of the ‘Actual MSL1’ event for the VIC region, which AEMO noted in MN122399 at 11:16 on Sunday 22nd December 2024
AEMO forecasts a (second ever?) MSL2-level ‘Minimum System Load’ for Victoria on Sunday 22nd December 2024
Worth noting MN122275 published at 15:51 on Thursday 19th December 2024 being what I believe might be the second-ever forecast for the tighter MSL2- level alert for the...
Planned network outage on Line 17 (Avon to Macarthur) commences on Wednesday morning 18th December 2024, as per the (deferred) plan
A short note to highlight that the alerting in ez2view has flagged that the (deferred) network outage (in the ‘N-X_AVMA_KCTX’ constraint set) commenced Wednesday morning 18th December 2024.
Part 2 in a review of bidding, on Monday 16th December 2024 (a focus on VIC Wind Farms)
We’ve posted ‘A quick initial review of bids, for Monday 16th December 2024’ early in the morning of the following day. In this follow-on article, we focus specifically...
Price start to climb in (QLD and) NSW on Tuesday 17th December 2024
A short article with this NEMwatch snapshot at 15:20 (NEM time) to highlight that spot prices in NSW and QLD have started to climb, but demand forecast for...
Putting Victoria’s high demand levels (on Monday 16th December 2024) in longer-term context
Electricity Demand in Victoria on Monday 16th December 2024 reached quite high levels … but they were not ‘all time maximum’ (i.e if looking at 'Market Demand' or...
A quick initial review of bids, for Monday 16th December 2024
Monday 16th December 2024 was an interesting day in the NEM for a number of reasons. So we’ll use the ‘Bids & Offers’ widget in ez2view to do...
NEM-wide ‘Market Demand’ peaks at 33,674MW at 17:30 on Monday 16th December 2024
A short after-the-fact note to confirm NEM-wide ‘Market Demand’ was (as predicted) highest since 31st January 2020 (almost 4 years ago) ... in a case where AEMO Operational...
Many DUIDs (esp Western VIC and Western NSW) subject to bound constraints, at 16:20 on Monday 16th December 2024
Here's a single snapshot from ez2view at the 16:15 dispatch interval to illustrate widespread constraint limitations in western NSW and western VIC.
NEM-wide ‘Market Demand’ is trending above forecast (to 15:45) – in part because of …
In this short article we include a single snapshot of ez2view at the 15:45 dispatch interval with three copies of the ‘Forecast Convergence’ widget to show actual levels...
‘Underlying Demand’ above 38,000MW … on Monday 16th December 2024
It might be useful for readers to reflect on the following snapshot from NEMwatch at the 14:00 dispatch interval (NEM time) to see Underlying Demand above 38,000MW.